Cricket News

Glamorgan continued their impressive recent form to complete back-to-back innings victories in the County Championship with a final-day win over Gloucestershire at the Swalec Stadium

Scott Styris, the New Zealand allrounder, will turn out for Essex in the upcoming Friends Provident Twenty20 tournament

Steven Smith will be part of Worcestershire's Twenty20 squad after the county confirmed they have received the clearance certificate from Cricket Australia

Jonathan Trott's resistance was in vain as Lancashire wrapped up a 65-run victory over Warwickshire at Edgbaston for their third Championship win of the season

urham's left-handed batting prodigy Ben Stokes crashed 26 in an over to ease the reigning County Champions to their second victory of the season with more than two sessions to spare against winless Kent

Durham and England seamer Graham Onions is likely to miss most of the season after being ruled out for three months with back and knee problems

Chaminda Vaas, the Sri Lankan seam bowler, has signed a contract with Northamptonshire and will turn out for the club until the end of the Friends Provident Twenty20 campaign

Representatives from six counties have met the MCC as part of a working group to discuss the future of domestic English cricket and specifically the plans to loosen reliance of big, 'List A venue category' counties on international fixtures

Andrew Strauss missed out on a first hundred of the season as Middlesex lost ten wickets for 161 runs to surrender control of the match to Surrey at The Oval

Steffan Jones made the highest score by a Derbyshire number 11 batsman as Worcestershire lost some momentum at New Road in their drive for a third victory of the season in the County Championship

Adam Lyth continued his hugely impressive start to the County Championship season as Yorkshire built a strong position against Somerset at Taunton

Jonathan Trott made a timely return to form with an unbeaten century which frustrated Lancashire's push for victory in their County Championship match against Warwickshire at Edgbaston

Reigning County Champions Durham need another 102 runs with seven wickets in hand to wrap up their second win of the campaign after a fluctuating third day against fellow strugglers Kent that saw 17 wickets fall

Ben Wright recorded a career-best 172 and James Allenby scored his first century for Glamorgan as the Welsh county put themselves in a strong position

If Nottinghamshire manage to extend their winning streak to five out of five at the top of Division One, they will be grateful that Alex Hales, a batsman with a talent for explosive hitting, chose this moment to demonstrate that he knows how to play with

Northamptonshire opener Stephen Peters struck his second century of the season but leaders Sussex's late fightback has left the match hanging in the balance

Andrew Strauss used his return to the scene of his Ashes-winning triumph last summer to rediscover his batting form for Middlesex in their London derby against Surrey.

Alexei Kervezee laid on a family celebration with a maiden first-class century as Worcestershire systematically put Derbyshire on the rack in the County Championship at New Road

Ben Wright and captain Jamie Dalrymple cracked half-centuries as Glamorgan made inroads into Gloucestershire's competitive first-innings total on the second day of their County Championship clash at Cardiff

Andrew Hall took three wickets in his first match since becoming Northamptonshire skipper as the hosts took control against Sussex on an enthralling first day of the County Championship clash at Wantage Road